Carrousel



M. SMERECHANSKI CARROUSEL Filed Dec. 6, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. 1

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g wue'nioz MIJ'IMMWM Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STTES rarest FFmEg CARROUSEL.

Application filed December 6, 1923. Serial No. 678,861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MIKE SMERnoHANsKi, a citizen of Ukraine, residing at Nanticoke, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsvlvania, have invented certain new and userul Improvements in Carrousels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in carrousels and particularly to the type that are manually operated by persons riding therein.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved propelling means for a carrousel wherein a chair carrying frame rotatably supported upon a vertical and rigidly supported shaft has gear mechanism associated therewith to effect rotation of the chair carrying frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide another type of driving or oper-- ating means for the rotatable platform of a corrousel in the form of a manually operable friction disk carried by the rotatable platform and in engagement with a stationary track positioned beneath the platform With the above and other objects in view as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a top plan View of a carrousel constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line Ill-II of 1 showing the two types of operating mechanism for the rotatable platform of the carrousel,

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. 1 showing the manually operable friction disk drive for the rotatable platform,

Figure 4: is a detail sectional view taken on line IVIV of Fig. 1,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary top plan view of a portion of the base supporting structure Figure 6 is a side elevational view of the bearing slot for the lower end of the vertical shaft that supports the rotatable platform, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary detail sectional view showing the connection between the gear and the platform supporting their points of intersection to support a disk plate 2 having centrally positioned crossed slotted openings 3 as shown in Fig. 5 for purposes presently to appear, the upper sides of the outer ends of the crossed bars 1 supporting a circular track 4 and with an enclosing band 5 at the extreme outer ends thereof.

'A central standard or post includes a lower block 6 having a crossed bar formation 7 upon its lower end that is received in the crossed slot 3 of the disk plate 2 to be interlocked therewith while the upper end of the block 6 is bored as at 8 and is further provided with a transverse threaded opening 9 communicating with the bore. A shaft 10 has its lower end received in the bore 8 of the block 6 and is provided with a side opening 11 adjacent its lower end that alines with the threaded opening 9 in the block, a screw 12 passing through the threaded opening 9 entering the side open- 7 naled, the disk body 13 carrying radial arms 14 to the outer ends of which the carriage section of the turn table is secured. The

carriage section includes a floor board 15' upon which spaced seats 16 are mounted. As shown in Fig. 2, hearing balls 17 are interposed between the turn table portion 13 and the upper end of the block 6.

To retain the turn table in position upon the shaft 10, a spacing collar 18 encloses the shaft above the turn table while a relatively large horizontally positioned gear 19 is keyed as at 20 to the shaft 10 above the collar 18, a head block 21 being threaded upon the upper end of the shaft 10 in engagement with the gear 19 for holding the latter in position upon the shaft 10 that is in turn anchored in the block 6.

A block 22 is supported on several adjacent arms 14 and has a vertical shaft 23 j ournaled therein that carries a hand wheel 24 at its upper end adjacent one of the seats 16, the block 22 being cutaway to permit lateral projection ofa pinion 25 that is fixed tOythQ shaft 23 as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the pinion 25 meshing with the gear lt).

Other propelling means ncludes a, vertical standard 26 carried by the carriage section of the turn table with a shaft 27 journaled.

in the bifurcated upper end 26* thereof,

each end of the shaft-27. carryingw crank handles 28. Depending bracket arms 29 carried by the .loweigside, of the floor board 15 shaft 30 at their lower ends support a cross to-which africtiondisk 31 isfixechqthe friction disk engaging the .circulaiytrack i as.

illustrated-in Fig. 2a Apulley 32 is also fixed to .the shaft 30. and. a belt 33 passes over .thealined pulleys 82 carried; by the shaft -30, and the pulley,34; fixed to the .shaft 27 between; the bifurcated upper ends.

16.;adjacent;tl 1e shaft '23, rotates the shaft and; through the pinion 25 meshing with the stationary gear 19, theturn table is rotated.

A .person seated 1n one of the chairs ad-.

jacent ithe standard 26- operates V the crank shaft 27 to effect rotation of the friction disk.

31 through the belt connect-ion33 that moves over. the circular track 4;. V

From the above detail descriptioirof the device, it is believed that the construction and ioperationthereof' will atonce be ap-v parent and while there is herein shown and; described the preferred embodiment gof the.

present invention, itis neverthelessto be understoodthatm nor changes may be made. therein .without departing from the. Spirit. and scopeof the invention asiclaimed,

What is claimed as new. is:- I 1. In a carrousehan annularplatform, a standard positioned centrally. of.;the.plat.-

form, a journal fixed to theupper end of thestandard, a hub. rotatably mounted. on radial arms carried by said annular platform supported said journal hub, a second 7 on-the outer ends of said arms,seats carried by said "platform and arranged in dia in rolling engagement. with the pulley fixed inthe I a belt connecting said pulleys and passing slot; on. opposite, sides... of. the v metrically disposed. pairs, supporting, rollers carried by the ends of certain of said arms and resting on the base platform, a pair of hangers-depending from the under side of the second platform in advance of-one of said. seats, a shaft j ournalled in said hangers, a friction wheel fixed on said shaft and resting-on the-first .,.plat form, a belt pulley fixed to said shaft, said second platform being provided w1th a slot above and 1n al nementi with; said pulley, a bearing standard having a forked upper end fixed to thesecond platform and straddling the-slot, a crankshaft j ourn alled ing; through the slot v on. opposite sides of, the bearing standard, 7 Y

2. In a carrousel. an annular platform, a standard positioned cent-rally a of, the plat form,a journalgfixed to the upper end of the standard,;a hub rotatably mounted .onsaid. 1ournal, radial arms carried by sa1d,hub,.a second annularplatform supported oat-he.

outer ends ofsaid arms, seats carried by said platform and arrange d in.diametrically disposed pair's, support-ing roller carriedbytheends of certainof said. arnis andresting on the base platform, a pairqof, hangers. depending from theund er, S1Cl6.0f the. see.

0nd. platform in advanceof oneof said.

a..frica shaft gournalled inisaid hangers, t1on wheel fixed on sa d shaft and resting ,65 in the arms of saidfork, abelt pulley fixed 1n. the shaftibetween said arms, and a belt connectiIML".said pulleysandpass on the first platform, a belt pulley fixed to.

said. shaft, said second platform. being provided with a slot above and in alinenie ntj with said pulley,-. a bearing standardhaving a forked-upper end. fixed. to the second plat-f form. and straddling ,the .slot, a crank shaft journalled inthe arms of said. fork, abelt;

shaft between said; arms.

through the bearing standard, a hubpfixed on said on thearm opposite the bearing standarch a vertical shaft journalledin the last,.me1i

tionedbearing, a,pinion fixedv on the last af a es inse ase n a crank for rotat n sai d pln on, In test mony-w ereof I afiix my signature.

MIKEfSMER-EGHANSKI. 

